If TRS doesn’t want to promote anybody from its own ranks, it poaches on other parties. This is how Kadiyam Srihari,Talasani Srinivasa Yadav et al joined the TRS. Now the party is said to be wooing former UPA minister and Congress leader Sarve Satyanarayana to join the TRS. He represented Siddipet and Malkajgiri constituencies. Sarve Satyanarayana, a Madiga by caste wants to contest the Warangal byelection. As he is not assured of the ticket so far, TRS is finding it right moment to strike at Congress. Congress is toying with idea of fielding former Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar from Warangal LS byelection which is necessitated by the resignation of Kadayam Srihari.
The two-fold idea behind luring Savey is to liquidate Madiga Dandora leader Krishan Madiga once for all and remove established leaders from Congress. Krishna, a vocal leader with uncanny organizational skill, has been a baiter of chief minister KCR. By attracting Madiga leaders TRS can wean away madigas from Krishna. KCR succeeded to some extent by admitting Kadiyam Srihari and Manda Jagannatham. Telangana is a Madiga land and the caste a potential political force. It should not be allowed to gravitate towards Congress or TDP, is TRS idea.
Sarve is said to be waiting for the response from Congress leadership. Apart from Sarve, another Madiga leader and former deputy chief minister Damodara Rajanarasimha is also lobbying for the Warangal LS nomination. So, Sarve is tempted by the prospects of TRS nominating him for Warangal LS constiency byelection in case Congress favored Meira or Damodara.
Will Sarve, who used to praise Sonia Gandhi, he never calls her Amma, a bit irritatingly for having made him union minister, bite the TRS bait and ditch the party which gave him new lease of life?
